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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Acton 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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NUMBER OF PIGS' CARCASES INSPECTED DURING 1949 WITH ANALYSIS OF SURRENDERS ON
ACCOUNT OF DISEASE.
| Date | Pigs Slaughtered | PARTS CONDEMNED. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carcases | Heads | Collars | Fore Qtrs. | Hind Qtrs. | Legs | Skins | Hocks | Flares | Pieces of Pork | Plucks (Lungs, Livers, Hearts, Lights). | Wt. of Mesenteries, Stomachs & Intestines | ||
| January | 4,507 | 11 | 114 | 6 | - | - | 39 | 1 | - | 2 | 17 lbs. | 380 | 640 lbs. |
| February | 4,940 | 8 | 124 | 3 | - | - | 47 | 3 | - | — | 31 lbs. | 363 | 800 lbs. |
| March | 6,499 | 7 | 118 | 13 | - | - | 24 | 1 | - | — | 22 lbs. | 481 | 990 lbs. |
| April | 9,966 | 36 | 274 | 6 | 2 | - | 60 | 4 | - | 3 | 125 lbs. | 1,005 | 2,130 lbs. |
| May | 13,824 | 27 | 429 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 63 | 2 | - | — | 27 lbs. | 1,815 | 3,040 lbs. |
| June | 12,340 | 39 | 276 | 8 | — | 1 | 46 | 4 | - | 1 | 109 lbs. | 1,093 | 2,540 lbs. |
| July | 10,427 | 41 | 252 | 11 | — | — | 53 | 2 | - | — | 17 lbs. | 1,217 | 1,980 lbs. |
| August | 7,555 | 19 | 105 | 15 | — | — | 54 | 5 | - | 1 | 32 lbs. | 1,017 | 1,300 lbs. |
| September | 6,195 | 20 | 130 | 4 | — | — | 76 | 3 | - | 5 | 5 lbs. | 578 | 1,270 lbs. |
| October | 5,654 | 17 | 114 | 2 | — | — | 48 | 7 | - | 1 | 19 lbs. | 544 | 1 ,680 lbs. |
| November | 6,188 | 11 | 166 | 5 | — | 1 | 56 | 2 | - | 3 | 9 lbs. | 647 | 1,360 lbs. |
| December | 6,157 | 16 | 150 | 4 | — | — | 65 | 4 | - | 4 | 7 lbs.. | 840 | 1,440 lbs |
| Totals | 94,198 | 252 | 2,312 | 111 | 9 | 6 | 631 | 38 | — | 20 | 420 lbs, | 10,610 | 19,170 lbs. |